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Hi Larry, But the former seems to me more an example of technology becoming transparent. The cell phones are not transparent - they are obtruding, like the little bottle labelled 'drink me' in Alice in Wonderland, which Alice against all her better judgment couldn't resist sampling. Martin On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Larry Purss wrote: > Martin > > Reading your post, I was thinking about Harre's explaining Wittgenstein's > notion of rule following and language games. > Harre gives the example, When I say *6 times 6* persons participating in > our *way of life* will respond [immediately? automatically? intentionally? > with self-control?] with the answer *36* > If cell phones as a form of technology are now part of a *way of life* for > many students [part of our grammar] who is in control? > > Larry > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote: > >> An odd conjunction of issues of content and management in my >> undergraduate developmental psychology course has me puzzled, and so I'm >> appealing for xmca help! A few weeks ago I was expounding on the notion >> that the toddler lives in a world not of permanent objects but of >> affordances - irresistible offers to action, made by the things and people >> and places that surround him or her. Gibson, filtered through Vygotsky. >> >> At the same time, I was waging an unceasing war against the use of cell >> phones in the classroom. (Today I actually got to the point of confiscating >> them when I saw them, and telling the students they could buy them back >> from me later in the city center. With humor, I hope!) >> >> Finally, it struck me. These young adults, too, are victims of >> irresistible offers to action, made by their little iPhones or Nokias or >> whatever. >> >> So what is it about a cell phone that completely overwhelms any and every >> facet of self control? Why is it that I can forbid cell use at the start of >> each class, yet in seconds they start to appear? What is it that transforms >> a young adult into no more than a toddler? >> >> Martin >> >> __________________________________________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca